Format:
277 Seiten
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9781496850096
Content:
"In recent years, superheroes on the page and screen have garnered increasing research and wider interest. Nonetheless, many works fall back on familiar examples before arriving at predictable conclusions. Superheroes Beyond moves superhero research beyond expected examples. In this innovative collection, contributors unmask international crimefighters, track superheroes outside of the comic book page, and explore heroes whose secret identities are not cisgender men. Superheroes Beyond responds to the growing interest in understanding the unique appeal of superheroes by reveling in the diversity of this heroic type. Superheroes Beyond explores the complexity and cultural reach of the superhero in three sections. The first, "Beyond Men of Steel," examines how the archetype has moved beyond simply recapitulating the "man of steel" figure to include broader representations of race, gender, sexuality, and ableness. The second section, "Beyond Comic Books," discusses how the superhero has become a transmedia phenomenon, moving from comic books to toys to cinema screens and beyond. The final section, "Beyond the United States," highlights the vibrant but often overlooked history of global superhero figures. Together, the essays in this collection form important starting points for taking stock of the superhero's far-reaching appeal, contributing the critical conversations required to bring scholarship into the present moment and beyond"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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2403
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Foreword: Planetary superheroes as collective daydream /
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction /
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Introduction: beyond men of steel /
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Chapter 1: All new, all different, or no normal? Marvel Comics and superhero diversity /
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Chapter 2: The heart of a hero: disability and humanity in the origin stories of Marvel Studios' superheroes /
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Chapter 3: Monstrosity, mutation, and the world without us /
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Chapter 4: Midnight's children and the "Fortress of Solitude" as superhero origin stories /
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Chapter 5: African American viewers watching "Black Panther: the power of representation" /
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Introduction: Beyond comic books /
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Chapter 6: Animating Sub-Mariner and Aquaman: generational taste and the moral panic of the 1968 television season /
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Chapter 7: The "toy biz" of superhero action figures /
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Chapter 8: From comic books to courtroom: unmasking the intellectual property behind the superhero /
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Chapter 9: Capes, tights, and motherships: superheroes and new transmedia star systems /
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Chapter 10: Super fans or toxic madmen?: fantasy, reality, and marginalized identities in subversive "DIY superhero" indie films /
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Introduction: beyond the United States
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Chapter 11: We need another hero: the incompatibility of superheroes and Australia /
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Chapter 12: Without seeing the dawn: monstrous (super) heroes and Philippine myths in Mervin Malonzo's "Tabi Po" /
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Chapter 13: Is there a Colombian national superhero?: how Columbian superheroes help define ethnicity and race in a multicultural society /
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Chapter 14: Where does "Black Panther's" music come from? Authorship, "The Other," and the musical representation of Africa in Hollywood /
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Chapter 15: The Phantom in Aborginal Australia: educational comics, national identity, and indigeneity /
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About the contributors
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Index.
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
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General works
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